Crisis in Belgium: Resurgam, Flanders Gains Momentum

A quote from Reuters, 18 September 2007

Two-thirds of the Flemish community from the northern Dutch-speaking region of Belgium think the country will sooner or later split, a poll by Belgian daily Het Laatste Nieuws showed on Tuesday. The paper also said almost every second Flemish person, or 46.1 percent, wanted Belgium to split, indicating separatists in the region are gathering momentum amid a political impasse. [...]

The survey showed 85.5 percent of Flemish people believed they should stick to their plans to reform the state and 77.3 percent believe this should be the priority of the new government.

 

 

On the current crisis in Belgium, see also:

McKinsey CEO Calls for End of Belgium, Resigns
, 13 December 2005

King Warns for Dissolution of Belgium, 1 February 2006

Flanders and France Vote for the Right. But Flanders Will Not Get What It Is Entitled To, 11 June 2007

The Influence of the Immigrant Vote on Belgian Politics, 26 June 2007

EU: The Model is Collapsing. Brussels Calls upon King for Help
, 18 August 2007

After Belgium: Will Flanders and the Netherlands Reunite?
23 August 2007

King Summons Unelected Councillors to Solve Crisis. Will France Annex Wallonia? 28 August 2007

Royal Scout Keeps a Low Profile, Brussels Recalls Ambassador in Paris, 31 August 2007

Could Sarkozy Solve Belgium’s Crisis? 3 September 2007

Even Flemish Muslims Want to Separate from the Walloons, 6 September 2007


If Flanders Secedes Wallonia Disintegrates, 9 September 2007

After Belgium: Europe’s New Map, 13 September 2007

Trembling Thrones in Brussels, 18 September 2007
 

 

Background articles explaining Belgium:

A City Without Water Is A City Without A Soul, 28 June 2005

How Flanders Helped Shape Freedom in America
, 11 July 2005

The Dark Roots of the EU, 5 December 2005

Nations Under Construction: Defining Artificial States, 13 June 2006

Why Is the Vlaams Belang So Popular? 13 February 2007

Belgium, the EU’s Destiny. The End of Nothingness, 25 August 2007

Why Belgium Is an Artificial State. And the United Kingdom, Switzerland (and Even Austria-Hungary) Are Not
, 27 August 2007

cover of A Throne in Brussels A Throne in Brussels
Author: Paul Belien
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Reuters: "almost every second Flemish person, or 46.1 percent, want Belgium to split"

Reuters should say how many do not want Belgium to split, and how many do not take position.

How come some Flemings want to stay in Belgium?